Benzodiazepine Receptors Influence Spinal Cord Evoked Potentials and Edema Following Trauma to the Rat Spinal Cord

Acta Neurochirurgica, Supplement

Volumn 1997, Issue 70, 1997, Pages 216-219

  Winkler, T ^a   Sharma, H S ^b   Stalberg E ^a   Westman, J ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Edema; Epidural space; Morphology; Spinal cord evoked potentials; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; DIAZEPAM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG POTENTIATION; EDEMA; EVOKED RESPONSE; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; DIAZEPAM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EDEMA; EVOKED POTENTIALS; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 0031305278     PISSN: 00651419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-6837-0_66     Document Type: Article

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